As the US prepared to attack Baghdad, Pentagon spokesmen reported that the six divisions of the 80,00…

As the US prepared to attack Baghdad, Pentagon spokesmen reported that the six divisions of the 80,000-strong Iraqi Republican Guard outside the city had been degraded or rendered ineffective by aerial and ground bombardment. Dan Goure, an analyst for the Lexington Institute, told the Associated Press on April 8: It may never be known how many Iraqis were killed…. It would have to be over 10,000 uniformed Iraqis and more if you include irregulars. Did the 3,000 casualties on September 11 constitute a bloodbath? If so, we must surely conclude that the thousands of dead and many more thousands of wounded in the taking of Baghdad also constitute a bloodbath.